Nokia could take the wraps off a new Windows RT tablet in late September. Citing “sources familiar with Nokia’s plans,” The Verge said on Friday that Nokia will reveal the tablet at a launch event in New York tentatively slated for September 26. A recent story from blog site Windows Phone Central said that Nokia …

Now playing: Watch this: Lumia 1020: Calling all photogs 2:44 Nokia is expanding the reach of its Lumia 1020 smartphone to the large Chinese market. The phone took center stage Thursday morning at a launch event held by Nokia China’s general manager, Erik Bertman, and several partners, according to blog site Tech in Asia. Noted for its 41-megapixel camera, the …

The HTC One could be one step closer to reaching Verizon subscribers. The carrier now has a page where potential buyers can sign up to get the latest information about HTC’s flagship phone. The page doesn’t indicate an exact date of when the phone will be available — only that it will be available “later this summer,” which is consistent …

Sprint is adding another Windows Phone 8 handset to its lineup. On Friday, August 16, the carrier will kick off sales of the Samsung Ativ S Neo smartphone, Sprint revealed on Wednesday. The Ativ will be the second Windows 8 handset carried by Sprint this year and the first with international roaming capabilities. After a $50 mail-in rebate, the phone …

LG may be dipping its toes back into the tablet market with a brand-new device. Known as the LG G Pad, the new tablet will sport an 8.3 inch screen packed with a 1920×1200 resolution, Greek blog site TechBlog said today. Powered by a quad-core processor, the tablet will come with 2GB of RAM. Citing people who reportedly took a …

Windows Phone has swiped third place from BlackBerry among all mobile smartphone platforms, Gartner said in a report out Wednesday. For the second quarter, Microsoft’s mobile OS scored a market share of 3.3 percent, up from 2.6 percent in the prior year’s quarter. Shipments of Windows Phone handsets –most famously embodied in Nokia’s Lumia line — jumped to 7.4 million …

The new Nexus 7 may be a bit out of touch when it comes to multitouch. Several owners of Google’s new tablet say the screen doesn’t respond properly when they perform certain multitouch actions, such as pinching to zoom in or touching the screen with two fingers to move an item. Commenters posting on Google Groups and the XDA Developers …

Verizon customers with an eye on Nokia’s Lumia 928 can now pick up the phone for free. Initially selling for $99, the phone’s price was chopped to zero on Monday. Verizon naturally requires the usual two-year contract. But before you get ready to sign a deal, Verizon’s Web site currently says the phone is temporarily out of stock. CNET contacted …

HTC is counting on the lure of one of today’s hottest actors to rev up consumer interest in its brand. The mobile phone maker revealed Monday that it has signed a two-year deal with Robert Downey Jr. to be part of an ad campaign that is its most ambitious to date, according to HTC. Downey, who stars in the ads, …

Google may have already chosen Asus to create its next-generation Nexus 10 tablet. Citing “multiple sources,” Geek.com said on Friday that Google held the usual bidding war to see which manufacturer would win the contract to develop the new 10-inch tablet. Samsung created last year’s Nexus 10 tablet, while Asus has been the manufacturer behind the Nexus 7, both the …